@branchingtime.bsky.social
Metaphysician, mathematician, data scientist, pain in the ass
The silence is deafening!
December 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The silence is deafening!
Japonisme!
December 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Japonisme!
I can't read this article, since I lack a subscription. Does it focus responsibility for censorship on the people who are censored?
December 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I can't read this article, since I lack a subscription. Does it focus responsibility for censorship on the people who are censored?
It's interesting how "they're naturally violent" is used in such different ways to promote racist bigotry and to defend the patriarchy.
December 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It's interesting how "they're naturally violent" is used in such different ways to promote racist bigotry and to defend the patriarchy.
Evergreen
Freeze or Get Down On The Ground
YouTube video by CELTIC_ FAN34
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Evergreen
Who the fuck knows the IP addresses of the devices they have used?
December 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Who the fuck knows the IP addresses of the devices they have used?
Caldwell's argument is stupid (or dishonest): the fact that there are cultural factors that play a role in politics is logically independent of the claim that multiculturalism is an ideal worth adopting.
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Caldwell's argument is stupid (or dishonest): the fact that there are cultural factors that play a role in politics is logically independent of the claim that multiculturalism is an ideal worth adopting.
Attempted murder is a state crime.
December 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Attempted murder is a state crime.
...but Grave of the Fireflies... oof. I am pretty sure I have PTSD from it.
December 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
...but Grave of the Fireflies... oof. I am pretty sure I have PTSD from it.
I really liked Look Back - and am willing to rewatch it - but hearing even snippets of the soundtrack makes me tear up a little.
December 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I really liked Look Back - and am willing to rewatch it - but hearing even snippets of the soundtrack makes me tear up a little.
Sobbing unconsolably is not as fun as it sounds!
December 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sobbing unconsolably is not as fun as it sounds!
Grave of the Fireflies
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Grave of the Fireflies
Remember what Christ said: "Kill them all in order to entertain dumbfuck bigots."
Andrew is just living up to the example set by Jesus, who he definitely does not merely pretend to follow.
Andrew is just living up to the example set by Jesus, who he definitely does not merely pretend to follow.
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Remember what Christ said: "Kill them all in order to entertain dumbfuck bigots."
Andrew is just living up to the example set by Jesus, who he definitely does not merely pretend to follow.
Andrew is just living up to the example set by Jesus, who he definitely does not merely pretend to follow.
I wonder what % are committed by men.
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I wonder what % are committed by men.
Luckily there are no real hot spots elsewhere in the world!
November 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Luckily there are no real hot spots elsewhere in the world!
It is worth mentioning here that the data suggests the YIMBY is correct, as well - whatever the mechanisms postulated by economic theory would predict.
November 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It is worth mentioning here that the data suggests the YIMBY is correct, as well - whatever the mechanisms postulated by economic theory would predict.
Also: as Elizabeth Anderson points out, at-will employment is a way of permitting unjust employment discrimination - e.g. by race or gender.
After all: at-will employees can be fired "for no reason" - if you know what I mean.
After all: at-will employees can be fired "for no reason" - if you know what I mean.
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Also: as Elizabeth Anderson points out, at-will employment is a way of permitting unjust employment discrimination - e.g. by race or gender.
After all: at-will employees can be fired "for no reason" - if you know what I mean.
After all: at-will employees can be fired "for no reason" - if you know what I mean.
What is the probability that they intend to greatly increase the pay of such civil servants in order to incentivize them to work for the federal government, now that their job security will be nonexistent?
November 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What is the probability that they intend to greatly increase the pay of such civil servants in order to incentivize them to work for the federal government, now that their job security will be nonexistent?
It is a little weird how we manage to continuously re-discover that American conservatism is a hotbed of bigotry.
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It is a little weird how we manage to continuously re-discover that American conservatism is a hotbed of bigotry.
The man has principles!
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The man has principles!
How does she find the time to murder dogs and supervise jackbooted thugs?!
October 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
How does she find the time to murder dogs and supervise jackbooted thugs?!
"Extremism in the defense of pedophilia is no vice," said Speaker Johnson, probably.
October 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"Extremism in the defense of pedophilia is no vice," said Speaker Johnson, probably.
What's with all this vice signalling from MAGA? What is the point of communicating to everyone "I am a stupid piece of shit"?
October 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
What's with all this vice signalling from MAGA? What is the point of communicating to everyone "I am a stupid piece of shit"?
Is disappearing a country's citizens an act of war?
October 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Is disappearing a country's citizens an act of war?
This framing is a really nice example of knee-jerk centrism!
October 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This framing is a really nice example of knee-jerk centrism!